EVERMAN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING

EVERMAN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM 213 North Race Street Everman, TX 76140 MINUTES 1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER Mayor Richardson called meeting to order at 6:01pm. 2. INVOCATION 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 4. CONSENT AGENDA A. Minutes May 13, 2025 Everman City Council Regular Meeting May 27, 2025 Everman City Council Regular Meeting Motion made by Place 5 Sellers, Seconded by Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey. Voting Yea: Place 1 Sanders, Place 2 Renfro, Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Place 6 Davila, Mayor Richardson Motion Carried. B. Financials April 2025 May 2025 Motion made by Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Seconded by Place 6 Davila. Voting Yea: Place 1 Sanders, Place 2 Renfro, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Place 6 Davila, Mayor Richardson Voting Nay: Place 3 Allen Motion Carried. 5. PRESENTATIONS A. Proclamation - Independence Day Mayor Richardson read out the Proclamation for Independence Day. 6. CITIZEN’S COMMENTS We had no citizens comments. 7. DISCUSSION ITEMS A. Presentation of the FY2024 Annual Audit Report - Patillo, Brown & Hill, LLP B. Staff Reports & Updates - (a) Police Department (b) Code Compliance & Animal Services (c) Fire Department (d) Public Works (e) Celebrate America Festival (f) Town Hall Meet & Greet - "Let's Talk Budget" (g) Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Calendar (h) Tarrant County Emergency Services District #1 Strategic Study Summary Report Chief Al Brooks presented the Monthly Activity Summary for May 28th- June 24th. The officer's were dispatched to 1666 calls for services that included 8 Traffic crashes, 15 alarms, 4 assault, 10 assist other agency, 1 burglary in progress, 1 Burglary Investigations, 48 Disturbance calls, 2 Deceased persons, and other calls to add up to the 1666 calls for this period on the report council got in hand. Traffic enforcement activities resulted in 34 citations and 24 warnings. He also updated council on a recruit that is in Basic Police Academy for several more weeks, then Mr. Dayquonn Ryans will begin time with a Field Training Officer. Code Compliance Officer Ryan Torrez presented the Activity Summary and this included some community outreach that included creating the News's Corner Article, processing 2 records request and also conducting two liquor permit checks. Mr. Torrez also had 29 violation cases closed and sent out 63 violation letters. He also got the Vehicle #119 inspected and took some pictures of vehicle #127 for hail damage. Mr. Torezz also stated that he weed-eated around a business sign to improve visibility at the request of the business owner. Municipal Animal Services for May 2025 was presented by Ray Rentshler. They did 105 service calls. They also investigated 1 bite. he dog intake for this month was 63 and the cat intake was 41. The live release rate is at 86%. The adoptions, transfers and return to owner was 67. Ray stated that they had 1703 phone calls and also 4 offsite events that resulted in 18 animals getting adopted. Everman Fire Department Landon presented the report for May 27 to present. Calls for service was 105 in the report that he handed out to council. This report also included the response times, and enroute time. Total of the in city overlapping emergency incidents were 16 or 15% of all calls. He also listed Incident By response type. hey also got 1 new Fire Fighter/Paramedic in the FTO process and they have 1 open position for that also. Landon also stated an update he Celebrate America Festival. Over 80 Vendors have signed up for the Celebrate America Festival. We are expecting a very big crowd this year. Typically other local festivals are going on and this year there is nothing local an the City of Everman is the only Festival that is going on this weekend so we are expecting a huge crowd. There will be every type of food out there this year. There will be a huge variety of foods, desserts. The biggest thing that we are doing this year is  having two (2) huge water slides and a very huge tent that will have a bar that will be 16 feet long. There will be misting fans. This will hopefully cool the place down for everyone. Landon wants this to get bigger and better every year so if council has any ideas to please send him an email and let him know. Public Works June highlights were presented by Gilbert Ramirez. Parks and Streets highlights consist of fixing twelve (12) potholes, storm drain maintenance, routine Park, equipment and building maintenance, Civic Center Event set up at 13 total, 8 total inspections, installed 9 Celebrate America Banners around the city, 5 work orders, replaced water heater valves and rsted water lines, due to a leak that developed at the Animal Shelter, and 104 Parker, we had to cut a tree down. He had some pictures with this report. Water department ran 6 sewer lines, 2 main breaks, 1 service line, 3 curb stops, 2 meter change outs, new door at the Shelby Well lot chlorine room, and they did 33 work orders. He also includes pictures of some of these things in the report as well. Craig Spencer reminded the council about the Town Hall meeting that is coming up on Thursday at 6pm, the 26th. Crag Spencer stated that there were no major changes on the calendar and it was given to council again. Craig explained a little background on what the Tarrant County ESD 1 is. This is the funding mechanism for the Everman Fire Department and other Fire Department's to provide fire and EMS response in the unincorporated areas of Tarrant County. C. Discussion of potential changes to certain city policies following legislative changes made during the 89th Legislative Session. Craig Spencer discussed the changes to certain city policies following legislative changes made during the Legislative Session. D. Everman Community Development Corporation - Strategic Planning Survey Craig wanted to remind council that he did send out an email with a survey so that they can participate in this Planning. They would like to have council input on where the ECDC will go. This is in their email. 8. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION A. Discussion and Consideration of Appointments to the Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone #1 Motion made by Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Seconded by Place 6 Davila to table this item until the next meeting. B. ORDINANCE NO. 834 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, CHAPTER 11 “LICENSES, PERMITS AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS REGULATIONS” BY REPEALING AND REPLACING IN ITS ENTIRETY ARTICLE V “PEDDLERS OR SOLICITORS”; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE .  Motion made by Place 5 Sellers, Seconded by Place 6 Davila. Voting Yea: Place 1 Sanders, Place 2 Renfro, Place 3 Allen, Place 4; Mayor Pro-Tem Mackey, Place 5 Sellers, Place 6 Davila, Mayor Richardson Motion Carried. C. RESOLUTION NO. 2025-06-03 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERMAN, TEXAS, ACCEPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT AS PRESENTED AND ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 9. EXECUTIVE SESSION 10. CITY MANAGERS REPORT 11. MAYOR’S REPORT 12. ADJOURN Mayor Richardson adjourned the meeting at 7:50pm. I hereby certify that this agenda was posted on the City of Everman bulletin board at or before 5:00 p.m. on Friday June 20, 2025. /s/ Mindi Parks City Secretary Citizens may watch city council meetings live on YouTube. A link to the City of Everman YouTube channel is provided on the city website at: www.evermantx.us/government/citycouncil/ Pursuant to Texas Government Code Sec. 551.127, on a regular, non-emergency basis, members may attend and participate in the meeting remotely by video conference. Should that occur, a quorum of the members, including the presiding officer, will be physically present at the location noted above on this Agenda. Pursuant to Section 551.071, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, Council reserves the right to convene into Executive Session(s) from time to time as deemed necessary during this meeting, to receive advice from its attorney on any posted agenda item, as permitted by Law. Additionally, Council may convene into Executive Session to discuss the following: A. Section 551.071 - Pending or Contemplated Litigation or to Seek Advice of the City Attorney. B. Section 551.072 - Purchase, Sale, Exchange, Lease, or Value of Real Property. C. Section 551.073 - Deliberation Regarding Prospective Gift. D. Section 551.074 - Personnel Matters. E. Section 551.087- Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations. F. Section 551.089 - Deliberations Regarding Security Devices or Security Audits. Citizens wishing to submit written comments should e-mail the City Secretary at mparks@evermantx.net. Comments that are received at least one-hour prior to the start of the meeting will be provided to all council members. According to the City of Everman Policy on Governance Process, individual citizen comments will be restricted to three (3) minutes unless otherwise determined by a majority vote of the Council. The mayor is responsible to enforce the time limit. Citizens may address City Council either during the Citizen Comments portion of the meeting or during deliberation of a listed agenda item. City Council is only permitted by Law to discuss items that are listed on the agenda. 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